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Definition of crop circle in English:

crop circle

noun

An area of standing crops which has been flattened in the form of a circle or more complex pattern. No general cause of crop circles has been identified although various natural and unorthodox explanations have been put forward; many are known to have been hoaxes.

‘It is the largest crop circle reported so far this year in UK.’

‘People have reported feeling nauseous after stepping into a crop circle, only returning to normal after leaving its boundaries.’

‘I was taking a group of crop circle enthusiasts from London on a crop circle visit and this was the event I had chosen.’

‘I was an eyewitness to a crop circle forming in the Netherlands in Aug. 2000.’

‘I was very disappointed by your recent crop circle story;’

‘The first-ever crop circle formation was recorded in London, England in 1647.’

‘A local newspaper reported a crop circle was found nearby.’

‘Last week I even gave a talk at a crop circle convention in Glastonbury.’

‘It has been demonstrated that a crop circle can be created in less than an hour by a team of men using only a rope and stake.’

‘It was his first investigation of a crop circle since becoming a volunteer.’

‘One day a crop circle appeared in our cornfield.’

‘On the return flight he noticed another crop circle near the one he had visited earlier in the day and swears that the new circle was not there just forty-five minutes earlier.’

‘They wake one morning to discover that a crop circle has materialized in their field.’

‘A crop circle in Ontario this year attracted more than 5,000 people to the site.’

‘This close-up of a crop circle shows how the grain has been flattened to create the pattern.’

‘With these images she offers her explanation for the crop circle phenomenon.’

‘As the crop circle phenomenon gained momentum, formations have also been reported in Australia, South Africa, China, Russia, and many other countries, frequently in close proximity to ancient sacred sites.’

‘A farmer claims to have witnessed the formation of a crop circle in a barley field.’

‘I have always been interested in the unexplained since I was a child and so I fell quite naturally into the crop circle scenario.’